Detection and molecular characterization of the zot gene in Vibrio cholerae and V. alginolyticus isolates

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 100-104

  Raja, Neela ^a   Shamsudin, Mariana Nor ^a,b   Somarny, Wan ^a   Rosli, Rozita ^a   Rahim, Raha Abdul ^a   Radu, Son ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UPM   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; ZONULA OCCLUDENS TOXIN, VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0035292349     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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